What the Latest India-Pakistan Conflict Means for the US

Put simply, it undermines its efforts to contain China.

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A recent attack in the India-controlled region of Kashmir, reportedly conducted by Pakistan-backed militants, came at a bad time for the government in New Delhi. Whereas India was once poised to benefit from the U.S.-China trade war, it now must turn its attention to Pakistan. China, for its part, is a staunch regional competitor of […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari